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EU Commission May Challenge US Extraterritorial Laws

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The European Commission is scheduled to examine a new bill tomorrow aimed at implementing retaliatory measures against the United States. The legislation seeks to allow the European Union to apply countermeasures to avoid complying with certain American laws. The proposal will move from the Commission of European Affairs to the National Assembly before potentially reaching the European Commission. The source noted that rapid action is required to avoid assuming the costs of US policies. The European Commission may move to declare US embargo laws against Cuba illegal. This action could involve decreeing laws that penalize European companies for trading with countries under US sanctions. The source stated that the Commission can act immediately to counter US extraterritorial legislation and the use of the dollar to impose laws on the rest of the world.

The European Commission is scheduled to examine a new bill tomorrow aimed at implementing retaliatory measures against the United States. The legislation seeks to allow the European Union to apply countermeasures to avoid complying with certain American laws. The proposal will move from the Commission of European Affairs to the National Assembly before potentially reaching the European Commission. The source noted that rapid action is required to avoid assuming the costs of US policies. The European Commission may move to declare US embargo laws against Cuba illegal. This action could involve decreeing laws that penalize European companies for trading with countries under US sanctions. The source stated that the Commission can act immediately to counter US extraterritorial legislation and the use of the dollar to impose laws on the rest of the world. The process could be executed extremely rapidly once a resolution is adopted. The move follows concerns regarding the extraterritorial application of US legislation and the dominance of the US dollar.

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European Union US-EU relations retaliation measures

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Sources · 7 independent

RFI Monde

“Cette proposition de loi va être examinée demain par la Commission des Affaires européennes, ensuite par l'Assemblée nationale, pour finir éventuellement devant la Commission européenne.”

RFI Afrique

“La Commission européenne peut s'en emparer immédiatement et décréter les lois d'embargo autour de Cuba illégales, décréter les lois qui pénalisent des entreprises européennes qui commercent parmi nous avec des pays qui sont sous sanctions américaines illégales.”

RFI Monde

“The European Commission can take it up immediately and decree that the embargo laws around Cuba are illegal, decreeing that the laws that penalize European companies that trade among countries under US sanctions are illegal.”

RFI Monde

“La Commission européenne peut s'en emparer immédiatement et décrater les lois d'embargo autour de Cuba illégales, décrater les lois qui pénalisent des entreprises européennes qui commercent parmi les pays qui sont sous sanction américaine illégales.”

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